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Countdown to 2020: 2019 Movies
Well, I really stepped up my game this year. Last year I saw 5 movies, a new low, and that was with the streaming movies. This year I saw 15 movies in theaters! I'm really proud of myself for seeing more films and also proud of the movie industry for making and re-showing more films I want to see.
I saw 12 new movies in the theater. 5 were big ( Read more... ) -
Countdown to 2019: 2018 Books
Last year, I read 11 books! This year I read 14! Two of those books were A Series of Unfortunate Events books--I had started this re-read of the series with my babysitting charge and now I'm finishing it on my own. I also read the children's book Hero Dog at babysitting, so I included that as well. I completed my usual goal of 10 books (not ( Read more... ) -
Countdown to 2019: 2018 TV
Disclaimer: I only rank shows that I watch and I'm not a TV critic. Also, there are some spoilers. Read at your own risk…
I had to push a lot of 2017 shows to 2018, like the final season of Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Transparent. I did manage to watch a lot more this year, including starting shows but not quite getting to the latest ( Read more... ) -
Countdown to 2019: 2018 Movies
I saw 5 movies this year. This is two fewer than last year, which had been a major drop. What more could I expect though since I basically stopped going to the movies? The number was so low that I had to include a movie I watched on a plane and a movie I watched on Netflix.
This year, I saw 3 new movies in the theater, which is on par with last ( Read more... ) -
Countdown to 2019: 2018 Theater
Last year I saw 75 shows, not a bad showing. This year I saw 65. Sadly, 69 had been the lowest count thus far, so now I've hit a new low. I'm accepting that my show count should be in the 60s and 70s, so 64 is still in keeping with what I expect, especially when I missed a ton of shows I'd wanted to see this past fall ( Read more... ) -
Countdown to 2018: 2017 Books
Last year, I read 11 books! This year I also read 11. One of those books is A Series of Unfortunate Events book that I started with my babysitting charge and finished on my own, so I've completed my usual goal of 10 books on my own, like last year. I'm glad I've kept up my reading pace.
Overall, I read 4 fiction books (2 classics, 2 new--same as ( Read more... ) -
Countdown to 2018: 2017 TV
Disclaimer: I only rank shows that I watch and I'm not a TV critic. Also, there are some spoilers. Read at your own risk…
I did not get to a lot of the shows I usually watch. I haven't yet watched this season of Transparent or started The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. I have to finish Girls and I stopped shows I had been watching, like Nashville and Once ( Read more... ) -
Countdown to 2018: 2017 Movies
I saw 7 movies this year. This is one fewer than last year, which had been a major drop from the previous year's 18, which had already been a major drop from the previous year's 25. What more could I expect though since I basically stopped going to the movies. I did make a bit of an effort this year, but that didn't result in much.
This year, the ( Read more... ) -
Countdown to 2018: 2017 Theater
Last year I saw 69 shows, which was the lowest my count had ever been. This year I saw 75! I'm on the upswing! It's still not as high as other years (two years ago I saw 89 shows), but I'll take it. Apparently three years ago I saw 73 shows, so I'm pretty much at average. I'm accepting that my show count should be in the 60s and 70s, so 75 feels ( Read more... ) -
Countdown to 2017: 2016 TV
Disclaimer: I only rank shows that I watch and I'm not a TV critic. Also, there are some spoilers. Read at your own risk…
Just as it was last year, almost all of these shows have a woman as the main character. The ones that don't are the family shows which have good mother and daughter characters. Also, THREE of these shows have Jewish female ( Read more... )